JNPT mulls options

Faced with worker unrest, the board of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai has agreed to consider a proposal from workers' federations that the port's idle bulk terminal be converted into a container terminal as a joint venture between two neighbouring ports, JNPT and the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) .

As reported in the February 2002 issue of WorldCargo News (p10), eight companies have expressed interest in redeveloping the terminal, but JNPT workers have opposed the government's decision to invite private sector participation using the build, operate and transfer (BOT) route....